General News
7 December, 2025
Enticing health workers
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to showcase the rewarding careers and lifestyle opportunities on offer across northern Queensland’s primary health care sector.
The ‘Want to live and work in paradise?’ video series highlights real-life stories from health professionals working in diverse communities and making a difference, while enjoying an enviable lifestyle.
Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN), in partnership with Health Workforce Queensland, launched the campaign in a bid to attract GPs, allied health, peer support workers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island health workers to the region.
NQPHN chief executive officer Ben Tooth said the campaign was designed to inspire health professionals to consider northern Queensland as both a career and lifestyle destination.
Mission Medical general practitioner Dr Daniel Bakhsh said living in the rural town provided him with the opportunity to “dig into” more complex medical issues than he would elsewhere.
“Because you’re more removed from tertiary health centres in Cairns and Townsville, you end up almost bridging the divide between being a more metropolitan GP and then being a specialist,” he said.
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